Day two of the Tory party conference and it's the case of same old brand, different leader, according to a Times poll revealing that a large majority of voters do not believe that the Tory party has changed but is benefiting from disaffection felt towards Labour.
Certainly, the old chestnut of Europe gives a sense of same old, same old. Steve Richards in the Independent says David Cameron was trapped from the start on the Europe question, and the issue will turn out to be his biggest regret while Andrew Grice draws up Boris Johnson's worst nightmare in the shape of Tony Blair as EU president.
The Guardian's Martin Kettle, meanwhile, argues that the Tories should welcome a Blair presidency.
How do the Tories get the subject of a referendum on the Lisbon treaty off the front pages? Telling the nation that the state pension age will rise to 66 within less than 10 years under a Tory government is one way to grab attention.
It remains to be seen whether George Osborne steals the show in quite the same way that Johnson, the London mayor, managed to do in his brief address to delegates yesterday, in which he offset serious warnings on policy – Europe – with his trademark humour.
The theme of the day today is "rebuilding our broken economy".
We kick off transport and housing, followed by a speech on the economy with George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, and Philip Hammond, the shadow chief secretary to the Treasury.
This afternoon there is a speech on business by Kenneth Clarke, and then it's on to the low carbon economy, where Greg Clarke, the shadow energy secretary, takes to the podium. So does Nick Herbert, who shadows Hilary Benn on the environment, food and rural affairs brief.
At conference you can get a staple diet of fringe meetings that will see you through from early morning until late at night.
Those who set their alarm nice and early could make the 8.45am interview between Steve Richards, political editor of the Independent and David Davis MP, former shadow home secretary.
Or how about lunch listening to the shadow foreign secretary, William Hague, speak at a Telegraph Media Group event – in association with Channel 4?
Then tonight at 6pm, the Observer's Andrew Rawnsley will interview Kenneth Clarke, who shadows Lord Mandelson on the amorphous business brief. Check out Andrew Sparrow's live blog.
A full panel debate staged by Liberty also takes place this evening, chaired by Shami Chakrabarti, on the theme of "reclaiming our liberty and common values". Speakers include Jan Berry, the former chair of the Police Federation, David Davis – again – who stood down from his home affairs brief last year to trigger a byelection and stand on a civil liberties ticket, and Chris Grayling, the shadow home secretary.
• This article was amended on Friday 9 October 2009. We referred to a Conservative proposal to raise the retirement age: we should have said the state pension age. This has been corrected.
